It usually happens during the third year of a college student’s life.
Often described as “one of the most rewarding experiences of one’s life,” studying abroad is the go-to ritual...
They told me during my senior year of high school that college was about decisions.
Decisions on whether to get up and go to class. Decisions on whether to venture to Tigerland, schedule that tough elective...
We’ve all heard why there should or shouldn’t be a campus-wide tobacco ban. Both sides have made plenty of good points, but unless someone is almost done creating a time machine, I don’t...
LSU President F. King Alexander announced last week that faculty and staff of certain University institutions would receive a salary raise averaging 3 percent, starting immediately for some employees.
This...
This summer was a tough one. It wasn’t record-high temperatures or being away from friends that I’d grown used to having around constantly. It was realizing I am in the middle of a massive...
Over the weekend, several members of the Twitter community began to post nude photos sent to them by past sexual partners. Calling it the “Twitter Purge,” it was more horrific than its no-consequence...
I first heard of Uber when it started up in Chicago, and my friend who attends the University of Chicago sang me its praises.
“It’s great,” he said in my admittedly hazy memories. “It’s...
As college students, one of our biggest worries coming to school is finding the right roommate. We fear having a roommate we think is strange, while some of us embrace the idea of making new friends.
Those...
While Twitter users took part in a global live-tweet of the World Cup last week, a Twitter bot came to life. Coded to scan IP addresses from Wikipedia edits, @congressedits has reported more than thirty...
Hopefully this Fourth of July, you were with family, friends or both, drinking, grilling, watching fireworks and generally enjoying the freedom of a federally mandated three-day weekend and not constantly...
As we head into July, you may notice an increase in U-Haul trucks, SUVs pulling trailers and pickup trucks stuffed with furniture. The end of summer is on the horizon and for many LSU students, so is the...
“America: Love it or Leave it.”
That’s all that was written on a billboard I passed just outside of Tampa, Fl., last week.
I’ve spent almost 20 years in this country, so it was...
